Pin-setting machine



Feb. 20, 1951 E. w. YOUNG 2,542,956

PIN-SETTING MACHINE Filed April 25, 1945 4 Sheets-Sheet 1 Feb. 20, 1951 E. w. YOUNG 2,542,956

' PIN-SETTING MACHINE Filed April 25, 1945 4 Sheets-Sheet 2 Feb. 20, 1951 E. w. YOUNG PIN-SETTING MACHINE 4 Sheets-Sheet 5 Filed April 25, 1945 Feb. 20, 1951 E. w. YOUNG PIMSETTING MACHINE 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 Filed April 25, 1945 Patented Feb. 20, 1951 PIN-SETTING MACHINE Edgar W. Young, Los Angeles, Calif., assignor to Northrop Aircraft, Inc., Hawthorne, Calif., a corporation of California 4 Application April 23, 1945, Serial No. 589,769

Claims.

The present invention relates to pin-inserting machines and aims generally to improve existing machines for that purpose.

In the manufacture of certain types of separable fasteners, for example cowling fasteners,

one of the fastener parts comprises a stud memher having a headed shank and a transverse aperture designed to receive a cross pin for locking engagement with a female or socket part of the fastener. Preferably the fastener studs are mounted in an aperture in the cowling sheet and are retained therein by the head at one end of the shank and the cross pin at or adjacent the opposite end of the shank. The transverse or cross pin is fitted in the stud shank with a pressed fit and must be centrally positioned therein to insure operability of the stud in the cooperating fastener part.

One of the objects of the present invention is in the provision of an improved machine of novel construction for quickly, efficiently and economically inserting the cross pin in fastener studs and the like.

A further object of the invention is to improve and simplify the construction of such pin-inserting machines to the end that the machine may be more smoothly and quickly operated.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a novel, simple and efficient mechanism for feeding individual pins to and supporting them at a pin-aflixing position betweenthe pin presser and workholder.

These and other objects of the invention will be apparent to persons skilled in the art to; which the invention pertains from a consideration of the accompanying drawings and annexed specification illustrating and describing one preferre embodiment of the invention.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the pin-feeding and affixing mechanism of the machine, parts being illustrated in section to illustrate better the construction thereof;

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the pin-feeding and affixing mechanism of the machine as illustrated in Fig. '1;

Fig. 3 is a front or end elevation of the pinfeeding and afiixing mechanism of the invention as shown in Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail vertical sectional view of the mechanism as taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 5 is an enlarged horizontal sectional view as taken on the line 55 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 6 is a horizontal sectional vieweas taken on the line 66 of Fig. 4;

Fig. '7 is a detail longitudinal sectional view as taken on the line 11 of Fig. 5;

Fig. ,8 is a bottom plan view of the upper affixing jaw of the machine;

Fig; 9 is a longitudinal central vertical sectional view thereof;

Fig. 10 is an upper plan view of the lower affixing jaw of the machine;

Fig. 11 is a longitudinal central vertical sectional view thereof;

Fig. 12 is a detail plan view of the replaceable work support;

Fig. 13 is a detail front elevation of the work support;

Fig. 14 is an elevation, partly in section, of a fastener stud and cross pin in disassembled posii tion; and I Fig. 15 is an elevation of the assembled fastener stud and cross pin as producedbyl the machine of the present invention. 1

. ,The particula embodiment of the invention which has been selected for illustration in the accompanying drawings comprises a fixedly mounted workholder and positioner adapted to receive and properly position the part to receive the pin, in, the present'instance a stud shank, means to feedindividual pins to a position above and in axial alignment with an opening in the positioned pin-receiving part,.and relatively :movable means for forcing. the pins into the opening of the pin-receiving part and to set it therein under pressure.

In the illustrated use of the invention the memberorpart fed to the workholder and which is to receive the pin may comprise a shank l of a fastener stud which previously has been positioned, in an aperture of a cowling or like sheet or support. The studs are preferably headed at one end, and the nose end may be formed with a transverse aperturefi to receive a pin 1 which is fed and set inthe aperture 6 by a machine of the present invention. The transverse pin 1 not only retains the stud I assembled with the cowling sheet, but is adapted to cooperate with a fastener part (not shown) on a support for securing the cowling sheet to such support, as is well understood in the art and explained in the patent to Bedford No.'2,306,928, datedDecember In the illustrated embodiment of the invention, the maehinecomprises a support or base member it which may b'esuitably fixedly mounted on the machine. For example, the member 10 may be provided with a bore H to receive a post I?! mounted in. the bed l3 of the machine, and. may be fixedly attached to the post l2 as by set screw and I! in separated positions. Movement of the upper or slide member I! toward the workholder H] may be efiected by any suitable power means; as for example a ram or like part. 21. secured toa piston 22 of a suitable actuating device, for example pneumatic press (not shown).

The forward end of the base member l may be slotted or bifurcated, as at to-removabl'y receive a part 25 of a replaceable workholder 21 which may be fixedly retained in the member I!) by setscrew 28. v r

The replaceable workholder 2.! is preferably iormed with a semicylindrica1- recess 29 (see Figs. 4, 1'2 and 13)- to receive-therein .a portion of.

the cylindrical shank of .a fastener stud constituting the workpiece. The workholder 2'? is also provided with a vertically disposed bore .39 axially of the pin-afii'xi'ng position, which bore. slidably receives a depressable pilot pin 31- adapted to engage in'a portion of the aperture 6 of the stud. shank I and accurately position the stud shank in the workholder with the aperture in proper axial alignment in the pin-affixing position. The semi-cylindrical recess 29 as well as the diameter of the bore 311 is preferably of .a. size .to accommodate studs of a predetermined length and diameter. when different size studs .are'to be fitted, a proper size workholder is replaceabiy mounted between the bifurcations 25 of the "base HI. The pilot pin 3'! is normally maintained in raised studengaging position by a spring 32 positionedin the recess .33' in the under face of the base member lfiwhichprcfera'bly communicates with the spacebetween the bifurcations 25. .The' upper member or slide l7 moves toward andlfrom .the base in as above explained and is provided with a pin-presser 3.5. replaceably mounted .in vertical axial alignment with the pilot pin oftheworkholder 21,. the coaxial positionof the presser'head- 35 and pilot pin 31' defining a pi-n-aihxi'ng position of the machine.

The invention provides novel means for individually feeding pins toand supporting them in pi'n-aflixing position between the workhol'der The forward end of the bar 4'l is shouldered, pro

a portion of the levers 40 beyond the pivot 4|, so as to yieldingly grip and hold a pin 1 at both the positions 43 and 44. Closing movements of the levers toward each-other may be limited by a tongue' lt on a suitable part of the machine, for example the presser head 35.

The lever arms 42 are spaced apart .a distance slightly greater than the diameter of the pin 1 and form. a guide means for a pin-feeding bar or slide ll reciprocable between them (see Fig. 6).

vidi nga vertically disposed pushing face 48 and an an ularly disposed horizontal pin-supporting iace'dlfilsee .4) for supporting and moving a .pi'nfrom. the pin-receiving position 43 to the pinafiixing position 44.

The pin-teedi-ngybar or slide 41 is reciprocably operated between the lever arms 42, as a result of the relative opening and closing movements of the presser head 35 and work-holder 2?. One

7 means for accomplishing this action, as illusand presser head so as to be readily inserted in the aperture 5 of the stud shank l1. Preferably means is mounted on one of the members it or [31' and is designed to feed pins from a suptube 36 laterally spaced from the pin-aflixing position and "through which pins are fed in endto -end relation. In the illustrated embodiment thepin-feedinjg and supporting means is mounted on the under face of the movable member or slide n;

The invention also provides pin-supporting receive a pin between them. The lever arms -in'- cluding the faces 42 are resiliently urged toward each other as byspring means .45 bearing against trated, comprises operating members in the form of crank arm links '50 connected to the slide 4? by means of a transverse pin 51 extending through an elongated opening 52 in the slide. The links 52' may have their shorter crank arm-s pivoted as at 53 to the member ill (see Figs. '1 and 4") and their upper ends connected to the ends of cross pin 5 l, such'that closing movement of the presser head 35 moves the slide 41- inwardly' to position t-hepin supporting facefijil at the pin-receiving position 43. Similarly, as the presser head is raised or opened, the slide is moved outwardly to position thepin-supporting face 49 and the 'pin-amxing position M.

Resilient means are providedfor normally urging the slidetoward thepin-afiixing position at all times and for resiliently positioning the cross pin 5% in the inner end of the elongated slot 52.

S-{uch means may com-prise spring means 55* mounted between thecross pin 5| and the outer portion of the-slide 41, as for examplea cross pin 56 fixedly mounted in the slide 4! (see Figs. 5 and 7-); Heaviercompression springs 5 Tbet1ween the cross pin-5i and a stationary part 58 ofthemem-- ber -I l act tonormall y urge theslide lloutwardl-y to urge the pin-supporting face 49 toward the pin-afiixing position 44.

The pins 1 are fed-in end-to-end relation to the" pin -receiving position 43' of the feeding and holding mechanism by mean of a tubular conduit 36 leading to a hopper 61 supported on a standardfiZ of the machine. In theillustrated embodiment, where the pin feeding and holding mechanismis'mounte'd on the under face of the Slide H, the conduit 36 may communicate with a tubular bore 64 in the part ll, which is in axial alignment with the pin-receiving position 43. The hopper 6| may be of a size to hold a substantial supply of pins and may be formed with downwardly converging sides 65 connected to thetubular conduit 36" to insure that the pins are fed to the conduit in end-to-end relation. As the'hopper 61' is mounted'on the upper end of the standard 62, it is subject to considerable vibration of the machine which agitates the pins in the'hopper and insures a continuous supply of pins in the conduit 36'.

In operation a stud l is inserted through an apertureofa cowling or like sheet and the shank l of the stud is positioned in the recess 29 of the workholder 2'! with the aperture 6 of the stud" vertically dis-posed. In this position the aperture 6 is engaged by the pilot pin 31 which enters the stud aperture inthe pin-affixing' position 44.

The work-holding presser head and associated mechanism will be in the position shown in Fig. 4 with the pin-feeding slide 4! in its outermost position, so that the pin-supporting face 49 will support a pin at the pin-affixing position immediately above the aperture '6 of the workpiece. It will be understood that the pin at position 44 is also supported between the forward ends of the supporting lever 40.

As the member I! is lowered or moved toward the member ID, the pin-feeding slide 41 is retracted by means of the crank arm linkage 50, leaving the pin '1 at the pin-affixing position sup ported solely by the supporting levers 40. con tinued lowering of the member I! andpresser head presses the pin I directly from the levers into the stud aperture 6.

In the lowermost position of the presser head, the pin-feeding slide 4'! is in retracted position with the pin-supporting face 49 at the pin-receiving position 43 in line with bore 64 to receive a new pin from the conduit 36, when it is supported in part by the face 49 of the slide 41 and in part by the groove of the levers 40 at position 43. As the presser head 35 and the member H are raised away from the workholder, the slide 41 moves outwardly to transfer the-pin 1 from position 43toposition 44.

The invention is not to be restricted to the particular details of construction shown and de scribed as the scope ofthe invention is best defined by the appended claims.

I claim:

1. In a machine for inserting a pin in a transverse aperture of a fastener stud, a workholder for receiving a stud, means for positioning a stud therein with the transverse aperture of the stud in vertical position, presser means movable toward and away from said workholder, pin-holding means comprising a pair of opposed pivoted lever arms mounted on said presser means and having opposed surfaces provided with laterally spaced opposed grooves providing a pair of laterally spaced pin-holding positions, means for successively feeding pins to one of said pin-holding positions, the other of said pin-holding posi tions being adapted and arranged to hold a pin in axial alignment with the aperture of a stud positioned in said workholder, in which position said presser means may engage the pin and drive it into the stud aperture, spring means for tensioning said lever arms toward each other for yieldingly holding a pin successively in said one and in said other pin-holding positions, said pinfeeding bar reciprocably movable between two positions between said opposed surfaces of said lever arms including means for engaging a pin in said one pin-holding position when said bar is in one of said positions and for holding the pin upon the movement of said bar to the other of said positions for transferring a pin successively from said one pin-holding position to said other pin-holding position and leaving the pin at said other pin-holding position upon movement of said bar back from said other position to the said one position.

2. In a machine for inserting a pin in a transverse aperture of a fastener stud having a workholder for receiving a stud, means for positioning a stud therein with the transverse aperture of the stud in a vertical position, and presser means movable toward and away from said workholder, a pin-feeding mechanism comprising: pin-holding means comprising a pair of opposed pivoted lever arms mounted'o'n said'presser means and having opposed surfaces provided with laterally spaced pin-holding positions, means for successively feeding pins to one of said pin-holding positions, the other of said pin-holdingpositions being adapted and arranged to hold a pin in axial alignment with the aperture of a stud positioned in said workho lder, in which position said presser means may engage the pin and drive it into the stud aperture, spring means for tensioning said lever arms toward each other for yielding ly holding a pin successively in said one and in said other pin-holding positions, and a pin-feeding bar reciprocably movable between twopositions between said opposed surfaces of said lever arms including means for engaging a pin in said one pin-holding positionwhen said bar is at one of said positions and for holding the pin upon the movement of said bar to the other of said positions for transferring a pin from said one pinholding position to said other pin-holding position and leaving the pin at said other pin-holding position upon movement of said bar back from said other position to said one position. i

3. In a machine for inserting a pin in a transverse aperture of a fastener stud having a workholderfor receiving a stud, means for positioning a stud therein with the transverse aperture of the stud in a vertical position, and a presser member movable toward and away from said workholder for driving a pin into the transverse aperture of a stud positioned in the workholder, a pin-feeding mechanism comprising: a pair of opposed lever arms pivotally mounted on said presser member and having opposed surfaces, each surface provided with a pair of laterally spaced grooves opposing the grooves of the other surface, providing a pair of laterally spaced pinholding positions; means for successively feeding pins to one of said pin-holding positions; the other of said pin-holding positions being adapted and arranged to hold a pin in axial alignment with the aperture of a stud positioned in the workholder in position for being driven into said aperture by said pressure member; spring means for tensioning said lever arms toward each other for yieldingly holding a pin successively in said one and in said other pin-holding positions; and a pin-feeding bar reciprocably movable between two positions between said opposed surfaces of said lever arms, and including means for engaging a pin in said one pin-holding position when said bar is at one of said positions and for holding the pin during movement of said bar to the other of said positions for transferring a pin from said one pin-holding position to said other pin-holding position and leaving the pin at said other pin holding position upon movement of said bar back from said other position to said one position.

4. In a machine for inserting a pin in a trans verse aperture of a fastener stud, a workholder for receiving a stud, means for positioning a stud therein with the transverse aperture of the stud in vertical position, presser means movable to-- ward and away from said workholder, a pair of pin-holding members mounted on said presser means and having opposed surfaces provided with laterally spaced opposed grooves providing a pair of laterally spaced pin-holding positions, means for successively feeding pins to one of said. pinholding positions, the other of said pin-holding positions being adapted and arranged to hold a pin in axial alignment with the aperture of a stud positioned in said workholder, in which position said presser means may engage the pin amasse- 7' and drive. it into the; stud aperture; spring means for tensioning said. pin-holding members toward each other for yieldingly holding a pin successsivelyin said one and in said other pin-holding positions, saidz pinsfeeding bar reciprocablymovable: between two positions between' said'opposed surfaces of. said pin-holding members including means for engaginga .pin. in said one am-holdingposition when said bar is intone of said positions and for holding the pin upon the movement of said bar to the other oi said positions for transferring a pin suocessivelyirom said one pinholding position to said other pin-holding posi tion and leaving the piniat said other pin-holding position upon movement of said bar back from saidlother position-to: the said one. position 5 .Ina machine for inserting a pin ina trans,- verse. aperture for a. fastener stud having aworkholder for receiving a stud,.mean s for positioning a stud. therein with: the transverse: apertureof the stud in a vertical vposition, and presser means movable toward andaway from said workholder, a, pin-ieeding .mechanis1n comprising; a pair oi pin-holdingmembers mounted on said presser means and having opposed.- surfaces provided with laterally spaced pin-holding positions, means for successively feeding pins to one.- of said pin-holding positions, the other of. said: pinholding positions'being adapted and arranged to noldv a pin in axial alignment with. the apertureofa stud positioned in said workholder, in which position said presser means may engage 7 8 theiain-anddrive; itinto the studanerture, spring means for tensioning said pinsholding; members toward: each.v other for yieldin'giy holding; a, pin successively in said one and in said othernin: holding positions, and a pin-feeding bari reciprocably movable between two positions: between said opposed surfaces of said pin-holding mermbers including means for engaging a pin in said one pin-holding position when said banisat one of' said positions and for holding the; pin upon the movement oi saidi bar to the other of said positions for transferring a. pinfrom said one pin.holding position to said other pinrhol'ding position and. leaving the pm at said other pinholding position upon movement of saidbar back from said other position to said one position-l.

EDGAR YOUNG.

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